NOVember is NO whatever you want it to be! Apparently.
November 29, 2018
Razor - Kai Captain (pain stick)
Blade -
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Soap - Stirling Glastonbury
Brush - 30 DC LE
Post - Alum, Styptic
Well, I decided to take the decision out of the shaving gods hands tonight. With only two shaves left for the month I have a choice of razors that I haven't used and decided to get the Kai Captain pain stick in. I've already used the Feather SS and CJB so I wanted to get the Kai to make it the trifecta. And, since I have a couple of the Captain blades from Kai, I chose one of those. For the soap I let random.org pick the Glastonbury, which made me happy since it's a mutton tallow and therefore a bit extra slick. I also got the 30DC LE brush from the randomizer. Clearly, the gods seemed happy.
The first pass was really nice. I had two days growth on and the Kai was doing the usual fine job that pain sticks do dealing with that. Except for a slight feeling of drag on the blade. Nothing serious but just seemed a tad rough. I'm convinced that the Feather Pro blades are sharper by a tad and also smoother than the Kai blades. Still, I can manage this. Finished the first pass in fine shape and started the second. On about the third stroke down by my right ear I decided to go more XTG and somehow set the blade down as I was preparing to turn it. I felt it - then looked in the mirror - and realized there was a notch under the lather. No blood, just a clear notch underneath. Hmmmmm. Interesting. And, then, like a murder mystery where the victim is shot and you finally see the blood stain spread - there it came. And it was a good one. I went ahead and finished the pass to a decent enough DFS and went on damage control. Wiped the lather off, rinsed my face and found a nice little notch out of my cheek just by my ear. Nothing that will leave a scar, I think, but boy did it bleed. Clearly not letting the gods choose the razor and blade gave them a chance to have some fun.
I was able to get the bleeding stopped with alum followed by some styptic work. A little burn remains but all's well that ends with the majority of my blood still in my body. One more shave tomorrow night and I think I'll let fate decide that one all by itself.
For the earlybirds - Decadent December should be open later tonight. We have a little over 24 hours to go and this could still be a record breaking month! What a fun one it's been and I'm looking forward to keeping it going for another day!!
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